Improvement in blacking-boxes



H. SMITH.

Jimprovement in Blackin'gBoxes.

No. 123,204. Patented1an.3o,1a72.

wituesge: inventar:

HIRAM SMITH, OF NEWTON MILLS, HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLACKlNG-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,204, dated January 30, 1872.

Speciiication describinganew and Improved Blacking-Box, invented by HIRAM SMITH, of Newton Mills, Haddontield, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey.

Figure l is a top view' of my improved blacking-box. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional ViewT of the same taken through the line an', Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My inventionhas for its object to furnish an improved box for shoe-blacking, which sha-ll be so constructed that the blacking can all be removed with the brush, which will not cut the bristles ot' the brush when removing the blacking, and which Will keep its place Wherever it may be placed While being used Without its being necessary for the operator to keep it in his hand 5 and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the box, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the body 0l" the box which receives the blacking and which is made semispherical in form, as shown in Fig. 2. With this construction there will be no angles or corners for the blacking' to get into and where it cannot be reached by the brush. With this construction also the sides of the brush can-v not come in contact with the edges of the box While removing` the blacking, thus preventing the bristles from being cut by said edges. To the edges of the semi-spherical body A is attached the upper edge of a cylindrical easeband or rim, B. To the lower edge ofthe rim B is attached a bottom, C, which is perforated outwardly, so that the burs of said perforations may project outward, and thus serve as teeth to prevent the box from slipping around upon its support while being,` used. This same thin g may be accomplished by forming teeth upon the lower edge of the rim B. In this case the bottom C need not be used. D is the cover, Which is made and fits upon the top of box in the ordinary manner. The box may be varied in size, as desired7 so as to contain any desired amount of bla-cking.

Having thus described inyinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The blacking apparatus, consisting of ease provided with outwardly-perforated bottom C, cover D, band B, and hemispherical body A, when all are constructed, arranged, and coinbined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HIRAM SMITH. Witnesses:

JOHN P. HARKER, SAML. E. PllrnM. 

